Thursday, January 18, 2007

Yesterday. All my troubles seemed

.......to arrive in one big stinking lorry load.

Mother warned me there'd be days like these.

My agents rang to tell me what they thought was a shoe in meeting with a show has suddenly turned into a 'can we see a sample of his work' As I'd already been recommended by a producer and script editor on the show, that is not a good sign and at the very least delays things by weeks if not months.

On another show where I figured I was due, and counting on, a commission, they didn't commission me. Porridge and old clothes for the rest of the month.

An acceptance fee on a script never materialised. They have accepted up to the script before mine. More delays.

A repeat fee I though was due this week will now probably not come until February. My fault, I got my dates mixed up.

A project of mine I had high hopes for was finally passed on. As usual by the very last guy in the chain.

It was getting so I was scared to answer the phone in case it was that guy from 'Scream'

So not a day I'll be remembering fondly. But nobody died. There is a huge difference between rejection and dejection.

Most of the rejections a writer gets have little or no bearing towards their actual writing talent. It just comes with the territory. It shouldn't ever cause dejection if you want a career in this game.

Dejection comes with frustration. Annoyance is better than frustration. So get annoyed, say 'Fuck 'em if they can't take a joke' and move on.

Find another contact.Finish that script.Come up with a new idea.Watch a DVD box set.

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Pappa was a rolling stone and Momma had a squeezebox. Well, not really.
I've written for a lot of the usual suspects for a jobbing writer in the UK. One day I'll grow up and write something I actually want to.